TA Network Operations & Security Specialist

Beacon Technologies; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental premiums paid

Job summary

Beacon Technologies in Madison, WI is seeking a TA Network Operations & Security Specialist to oversee network operations, security, and related infrastructure. The role involves installation, support, and security of hardware and operating systems, with collaboration across Technology & Analytics staff and leaders.

The ideal candidate will balance independent work with team collaboration, manage project timelines, and support cloud integrations across Azure, AWS, and on‑premises

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS or related field is required.
• Four+ years of network administration experience, with at least two years in cybersecurity.
• Experience with enterprise server virtualization, VMware, Linux/Red Hat, SQL, SAN, and Palo Alto or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Security Operations: conduct risk analysis for IT infrastructure and projects.
• Analyze effectiveness of security software/hardware against policies.
• Assist cloud policy development and enforce best practices (Azure, Office 365, AWS).
• Maintain annual security awareness training with leadership.
• Proactive monitoring and analysis of security threats and logs.
• Respond to security incidents; conduct investigations and prevent recurrences.
• Manage day-to-day security infra for on-premises and cloud systems.
• Network Operations: oversee network administration, backups, and email systems.
• Support servers, desktops, mobile devices, and applications.
• Implement and support network infrastructure; act as escalation point.
• Assist upgrades of third-party applications as needed.
• Administrative & Customer Service: enforce security policies and guidelines.
• Develop and implement security standards; roll out enterprise hardware/software.
• Respond to TA tickets; document Network Operations processes.
• Other duties to meet organizational needs.
• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years in network admin with 2+ years cybersecurity exp.

Skills

Network administration

Security policies

Cloud policies

Azure

AWS

Incident response

VMware

Red Hat

SQL

Palo Alto

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, or related field

Tools

VMware

Linux

Red Hat

SQL

Palo Alto

Job description

Beacon Technologies is seeking a TA Network Operations & Security Specialist to join their Madison, WI team. This role is responsible for overseeing the network, including installation, support and security of hardware and operating systems. They will collaborate with other Technology & Analytics staff, leaders, and company staff. Role requires the ability to work independently, prioritize, and track timeline for projects and operational tasks.

Security Operations:

• Conduct technical risk analysis for all IT infrastructure and application projects, including project management or remediation efforts for identified risks.
• Analyze effectiveness of security software/hardware according to policies and their integration into existing infrastructure.
• Assists with brainstorming cloud policies and best practices and enforce them, including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, AWS, and other public/private cloud services.
• Assists the VP/ Technology & Analytics to maintain and run annual security awareness training.
• Proactive monitoring and in-depth analysis of security-related threats and events logs. Differentiate between potential intrusion attempts and pinpoint false alarms.
• Respond to security incidents, conduct investigations, and define measures to prevent re-occurrences for all endpoints.
• Assists the VP/Technology & Analytics with day-to-day administration of overall security infrastructure of managed systems both on-premises and cloud.

Network Operations:

• Oversee network administration, including back-up, security management, user account management, email systems (i.e., email web servers, Internet access, office systems and application support).
• Supports server, network desktop, and mobile hardware, software and applications.
• Implements and supports the network and computing infrastructure.
• Act as an escalation point for service desk related items.
• Assist in upgrades of third-party transactional applications as needed.

Administrative & Customer Service:

• Enforce current security policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Assists with development and implementation of security policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Rolls out enterprise-wide hardware and software to ensure effective deployment of resources.
• Responds to TA tickets within their queue and escalation phone calls.
• Documents processes related to Network Operations and Security.

Other:

• Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.
• Ideal candidates will possess a bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, business administration, or other relation field/ equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the functions of the job.
• Four of more years of experience in network administration, two or more years must be relevant IT cybersecurity experience.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise server virtualization, VMware, Linux, Red Hat, SQL, SAN technologies, Palo Alto or comparable systems.
• Demonstrated experience with desktop software installation and troubleshoot as well as setting up remote access for users.
• Demonstrated administration experience with Windows and servers up to Server 2025 and Windows 11.
• Demonstrated ability to secure and manage a 200+node network including firewalls, firewall theory, and security for web, cloud, Office 365 and operating systems/ databases.

About Beacon Technologies

Are you looking to advance your career in information technology? Beacon Technologies offers career advancement opportunities, extensive training, and excellent benefits including paying for health and dental premiums for salaried employees. In addition to providing interesting opportunities, Beacon Technologies provides that old fashioned, personal touch, so you feel like a part of the Beacon team.

Beacon Technologies, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer with a functioning Affi… It is the policy of Beacon Technologies, Inc. to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin,genetic information, ethnicity, ancestry, disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Beacon Technologies, Inc. prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.